Seems solid to me too. That being said if you are just gaming you don't need an i7 or 16GB of RAM. Especially not HyperX Fury which is usually expensive. CPU cooling can be cheaper too. A Noctua air cooler will be cheaper and quieter and still let you OC just as much. One 3TB drive also prob isn't the best way to go either. Larger than 1TB the reliability starts to drop significantly. You don't need any extra fans either.
I am planning on doing photo- and video editing on this as well. also coding, but that doesn't really effect anything on this. I will consider air cooling, thanks. But what comes to the hard drive reliability: from what i gathered it isn't a too big of a problem :) http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089464/three-year-27-000-drive-study-reveals-the-most-reliable-hard-drive-makers.html
Solid build. I wouldn't go with the PNY reference design card, though. There is much better 970s out there with custom PCBs. It's also going to be noisier then other designs due to the radial fan.